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Price check on O'Day sails and cushions? vtsailguy at 6:49pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1224 Not sure if its the right place, mods move if not. I have two sets of items from a totaled boat a
Scared to pull dummy plugs drumbeater at 6:45pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3170 Our "auction" Pearson has old SR depth and knot meters. I'm going to power them up soon and see if t
Hunter 34 : A new layout (4) Guillaume C. at 6:22pm 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/3511 Hello, I have completed my new boat interior and tough fellow H34 owner might be interested to see t
Moving fuel tank on Oday 28 Drift Away Boatsail1 at 6:06pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/906 :confused:
bottom paint teammt at 4:28pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3056 This year has seen a lot of slime on the bottom. The good news is that there is very little room for
New Arch for an Older Hunter? neilleparkerjr at 10:37am 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/2531 Has anyone out there installed a new traveller arch on a .5 Legend series Hunter (or any model for t
Keel cracking on a catslina 30 sailsupnwegone at 9:56am 12.04.12 Catalina 30 3/2432 I'm told on top of the keel to the bottom of boat they have what is referred to as a Catalina smile.
Outboard for 217S Herbert at 9:54am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1017 I have a Beneteau 217S ' would like to fit an electric start outboard. The lightest I can find is a
S2 8.0 cockpit cushions timtim at 8:09am 12.04.12 S2 4/2011 Looking to buy cushions and wanted to know what everyone else likes and what size fits best. Also li
Sun Glasses Rasselas36 at 8:08am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 51/9957 I am buying a Christmas present and I am interested in your opinion as to the best brand of sunglass
Need Advice Adding A Wind Instrument To My Hunter 34 Joe Mullee at 7:42am 12.04.12 Big Boats 14/5740 I don't have a wind instrument and I'd like to add one. In the last two years I installed a Raymarin
270 V Berth kenh at 6:46am 12.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/3495 My wife and I are considering buying a 270, the aft cabin looks kind of claustraphobic, especially t
Kinda sorta sailing related DannyS at 5:07am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2194 I'm not sure that landing in the sailboat was better or worse than going in the drink. http://youtu
Will Miss the 26D. Seen a Mac 19 for sale? MacNCheese at 3:42am 12.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3314 As most of you know, I had put my Mac 26D up for sale to fund the purchase of my next boat, a Mac 19
423 mast Rob Spicer at 3:32am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3330 Does anyone know if the 423's were ever fitting with a shorter mast .
HAPS Cruise To Bell Harbor - April 12-14 thubbard84 at 10:05pm 12.03.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 4/3092 I would like to make reservations at Bell Harbor Marina ASAP for the HAPS April rendezvous. I need t
Cayo Costa State Park (4) patrickfarley at 8:04pm 12.03.12 Destinations 34/21841 A friend of mine takes her family to Cayo Costa every year for Christmas vacation. She will not mak
Shoaldrafter's Photos Roger Long at 6:36pm 12.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 15/7726 Shoaldrafter took these pictures of Strider going by a couple days ago. I believe they were taken ju
boom length on C30 drazlou at 5:19pm 12.03.12 Catalina 30 2/6137 The boom on my C30 MkII is at least 18" longer than the foot of the mainsail. Does anyone know why t
Raising H23 Up from Trailer (1) carboman at 5:13pm 12.03.12 Smaller Boats 9/2717 I need to raise my H23 up maybe a foot so I can finish the bottom of the keel. Any ideas? The atta

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Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC artboas at 12:45am 03.02.23 I remember playing with an induction heater about half a century ago back in class. What we were l
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:35pm 03.01.23 If you are interested in sailboat design, the Boat Design Forum has a sailing specific forum and man
Wind generators, yay or nay? Michael Davis at 6:29pm 03.01.23 Have a look at the boats doing the Ocean Race. Nothing but solar. The leg there are currently on wil
Wind generators, yay or nay? Maine Sail at 6:29pm 03.01.23 Solar hands down.
I have come to the conclusion shemandr at 5:48pm 03.01.23 A chest pain, a 90 degree twist and a dead cat bounce.
Leak in water tank: what are my options? Crusty Ol Salt at 5:42pm 03.01.23 Thanks everyone. Gonna replace it! Best choice, if you keep the boat you know it's good to go. I
I have come to the conclusion Crusty Ol Salt at 5:33pm 03.01.23 My fantasy "death" It used to be massive heart attack during sex. I think it would traumatic for
Wind generators, yay or nay? (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:19pm 03.01.23 If you want to go solar but dont have the space here is my solution. I cut a bimini bow in half and
Window replacement Ralph Johnstone at 5:12pm 03.01.23 Photos of the port lights configuration from outside as well as interior would be helpful. Not ju
bottom paint quadrille38 at 5:03pm 03.01.23 Do you know if the paint will react with the plastic over a winter? I buy small metal paint cans f
bottom paint Project_Mayhem at 4:52pm 03.01.23 Do you know if the paint will react with the plastic over a winter? I buy small metal paint cans f
Vitrifrigo BN100BT freezer temps Mechone at 4:51pm 03.01.23 I'm going to do some research on this, thank you. I'm going to try vacuuming my system out and rech
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:39pm 03.01.23 With a torch you can control where the heat goes, and get the flange hotter than the shaft. With pr
Considering a Catalina 27... Indysailor at 4:36pm 03.01.23 Mine is a 1978, has nothing close to a bridge deck, so in rougher waters you'd need to be careful. A
Whisker pole for a Catalina 27? Indysailor at 4:27pm 03.01.23 I haven't been here in a while to say thank you folks for the input! I got tired of getting smoked o
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? Indysailor at 4:23pm 03.01.23 On mine, the hose runs along the port side aft, then through the bulkhead separating the lazarette f
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 3:45pm 03.01.23 Is there a book out there that would give me some rudimentary ideas on boat design, IE.. How tall t
Removing the Propeller Shaft Flange - H41AC (1) Leeward Rail at 3:37pm 03.01.23 Heat would be more like a torrid concubine here. With a big hub like this, an air/acetylene torch w
Leak in water tank: what are my options? Dave96734 at 3:13pm 03.01.23 Thanks everyone. Gonna replace it!
Splicing 3/16" Dyneema kappykaplan at 3:11pm 03.01.23 Too much information. :plus:

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